How is the park?? Dreams park from what I see. USSSA WS WEST > WHO'S GOING. We ARE PLANNING ON HEADING THAT WAY. Can't wait

Sorry, 14u baseball I forgot to say.

THe complex is nice for 14U. I believe all the field are dirt with portable mounds.

texanfour,
Chino Hills is a nice Big League Dreams Park. I recommend that you download Google Earth (from earth.google.com-- it's free) Enter Big League Dreams, Chino Hills into the search box, and it will show you choices of BLD in Chino Hills and Riverside (termed Mira Loma in Google Earth). After you zoom in on the Chino Hills park, you can use Tools\Ruler to measure the size of the fields. You'll see that Chino Hills has one field which reaches 300 feet to center field and the other 5 are smaller.

Riverside has one field at 360 feet, and 4 other smaller ones. Both facilities have dirt infields.

So why do I mention this? Because generally, 14U games aren't played at Chino Hills. Instead they are more typically played at BLD Riverside and area high schools. And this is true even though the USSSA website lists Chino Hills as the venue. For example, there is a Presidents Day tournament next week in SoCal. USSSA.com lists 14U Major and AAA games as being at Chino Hills, but www.baseballfirst.com, which is the website of the folks who are actually putting on the tournament, shows 14U at BLD Riverside and Washington Park in Pomona. Truth is, Chino Hills is better suited to younger players. My son played in 4 Super NITs and a few other tournaments in SoCal as a 13U and 14U player. All were listed by USSSA.com as being at Chino Hills, but he never played there.

The Southern California USSSA tournaments are well run, and feature good ball fieds. The tricky part is trying to figure out where to stay, because the possible fields are distributed over a wide area.

Thanks 3FINGER, This is why I ask. Good info. As of today we are planning on being in Chino hills for the usssa w.s. west tourny. in july (14-20) When we know for sure the next step is finding a place to stay. Thanks ,The Texas Wild Bunch.

So 3finger, what your saying is that the chino hills is the only park that is a big league dreams park. and the others are high school parks.( not the yankee stadium,fenway or wrigley field) How for are the fields from each other? Thanks

texanfour,
I'd recommend staying somewhere near the Ontario Mills mall area.

The BLD Fenway, Wrigley, etc. is cute once, but the HS fields are much better to play on.

texanfour-there are several BLD parks down in So. Cal. My 14 yo played MLK at Riverside BLD while my 12 yo played at the newer one in West Covina. Chino Hills isn't too far from them either. And I agree, the replica ones are fun for the first time, but after that (and especially at 14) a good field with a real mound is preferable.

btw-we stayed at the Ayers at Ontario Mills and it was nice. Real close to Riverside and about 20 minutes from West Covina. Easy access to freeway and a great mall for the moms and serious dad shoppers

texanfour,
As BBfam says, Chino Hills isn't the only Big League Dreams field in SoCal. My point is that the Chino Hills fields are smaller than the Riverside fields, and if 14U games are scheduled at BLD parks, it likely would be Riverside.

My son has played at high schools near Lake Elsinore and Wildomar for super NITs, while some other games at the same tournament were at Riverside. Staying near Ontario Mills is great and also close to BLD Riverside, but it's 40 miles to Wildomar.

Thank you all, Good info see ya'll in july. T.W.B.